Siphon



(No Model.) v H. H. SHUFELT.

SIPHON.

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citizenof the United'States,and a resident of j PATENT OFFICE.

HARRYII. SHUFELT, GHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SIPHON.

SPECIFICATION forming partot Lettere ratentne. 530,606, dated December 11,1394.

Application filed July 3 1894;. Serial No. 516,510. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, HARRY H. SHUFELT, a

Chicago, in the coun-tyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Siphons; and I do hereby declare that the following is afulLclear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. My invention relates to an improved form of siphon, adapted to facilitate the withdrawal of liquids from large bottles or casks; and in the more special application contemplated by me it is particularly designed to effect the discharge of distilled water from the large fivegallon bottles in which such distilled water is usually supplied to consumers by the trade. These bottles are hard and difficult to handle because of their size and weight when filled; and it is the object of the present invention to provide a simple and convenient-device for the easy drawing off of such -quantities of water as may be desired for drinkin g or other purposes.

With this object in View, my invention consists of the novel features and combinations of parts hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, like letters designate the same parts in the several figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, in elevation, of a bottle containing distilled water, inclosed in a box or crate, and having my improved siphon applied thereto. Fig. 2 is adetail view of the upper portion of Fig. 1, broken away, and showing the flexible tube of the siphon detached at one end. Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate a modified form of detachable joint or connection which may be employed to unite the flexible connecting-tube with the two legs of the siphon.

A represents a base or standard, which supports a box or crate, B, of suitable form and dimensions to receive a large bottle, 0, of distilled water. y The base, A, and'crate, B, may be integrally or separably constructed, as desired.

closed,is Linserted'into the bottle through the "nose thereof, and thispipe, D,forms the short leg of the siphon; j

' Secured to a fixed support, preferably the crate, B, is apipe, E, preferably made of block tin, and having its lower end bent and pass- 'ing through or under the base, A, and terminatingin a faucet, F. This latter pipe forms the long log of the siphon, andis suitably curved at its upper end, as shown, to make a suitable joint with a flexible rubber tube, G; the other end of tube, G, slipping downover the upper end of pipe, D, as shown.

I It is essential to the operation of my invention that the ends of the flexible rubber tube, G, shall make a snug, water-tight joint with the pipes,*D-and E, and at the same time be readily and easily detachable or separable therefrom. In practioe,I havefounditto be sufficient for the successful operation of the device to form the pipes, D and E, and the bore of the tube, G, of such relative-diameters that the ends of the latter, when passed over the upper ends of the pipes, D and E, shall snugly grasp the same, as shown in Figs. .1 and 2. If desired or preferred, however, a screw-threaded coupling may be employed, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. e

The operation of my improved siphon is as G, being then detached, and turned up, as

that with a fresh bottle of water the water level in pipe, D, is practically at its top, it is necessary, in orderto start the siphon in oporation, to fill only the leg, E, and the connecting-tube, G.

It is of the essence of my invention that the tube, G, be made readily and easily detachable from the pipes, D and E, in order that the device may have the mode of operation or manipulation hereinabove described.

I am aware that it is not new to form a siphon of two rigid legs and aflexibleconnecting-tube, and I make no claim to such a construction broadly; but in siphons so constructed it has heretofore been usual to fixedly and permanently secure together the three parts, and to provide a small air-suckin g bulb or pump connected with, or auxiliary to, the siphon, to exhaust the air therefrom and establish the necessary'column of liquid therein. It is an important advantage of my invention that I thereby entirely dispense with all such auxiliary appliances; and, so far as I am aware, it is new to construct a three-part siphon with the parts formed detachable or separable from each other, .so that the same may have the simple and expeditious manner of manipulation hereinabove described.

It is desirable that all parts of the siphon be made of such materials as will not corrode or contaminate fluids drawn through them. With this end in view, I preferably construct the pipe, D, of hard rubber, the pipe, E, of block tin, and the tube, G, of flexible rubber, which materials I have found by experiment to be satisfactory in the respect noted.

Although I have described my invention as specially applicable and useful to withdraw distilled drinking water from large bottles or casks, it is obvious that the same may be applied to the withdrawal of any other liquids from similar receptacles and in a similar manner.

of said pipes, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A siphon, comprising a short straight pipe, a longer curved and bent pipe, and a flexible connection between said pipes, detachably and separably secured to the upper ends thereof, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A siphon, comprisingja short straight p pe made of hard rubber, a longer curved andbent pipe constructed of block tin, and a flexible rubber con meeting-tube between said pipes, detachably and separably secured to the upper ends thereof, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In combination, the base, A, the crate, B, the bottle or cask, 0, supported by said crate and adapted .to contain a liquid, the short straight pipe, D, inserted in the neck or nose of said bottle or cask, the longer curved pipe, E, secured to the said crate and having its lower end bent and passing through the base, A, and terminating in a faucet, F, and the flexible connecting-tube between said pipes, D and E, detachably and separably secured to the upper ends thereof, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY H. SHUFELT.

Witnesses:

JACOB '1. FOSTER, CHAS. A. JONES. 

